单词 | long-dormant |
释义 | > as lemmaslong-dormant long-dormant adj. ΚΠ 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 414 By this time the long dormant Usurer ramps for the payment of his money. a1728 B. Carter 16 Disc. (1729) iv. 88 Some sudden and surprizing Occasion awakens the long dormant Reason. 1832 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 761 A sort of unstiffening of my long dormant joints and muscles. 1876 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Oct. 511/2 I have myself on several occasions witnessed the recurrence of long dormant syphilitic symptoms. 1980 D. Brin Sundiver x. xxxi. 340 I'm going to dust off my long dormant skills and get involved in ‘dirty politics’ for a while. 2002 Independent 17 Dec. 9/2 (caption) The reanimation of long-dormant bacteria recovered from a frozen Antarctic lake has opened up the possibility that other such organisms may exist in extreme environments. < as lemmas |
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